Artificial Nutrition and Hydration at the End of Life
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This program explores medical, legal, ethical issues, and communication barriers that surround ANH. It emphasizes the need for end-of-life provider organizations to have clear and transparent policies on ANH and to offer training to staff and education for families to minimize family misunderstanding and discord as well as moral distress and anguish of staff. Expert Panelists:
End-of-Life Ethics: A Case Study Approach
Sold out! Click here to view HFA's 2023 publication, End-of-Life Ethics in a Changing World. The cases in the book, all written and discussed by prominent professionals, show “ethics in action.” For professionals, the cases may help to provide guidance or to validate the difficult choices as they guide families through decision making involving serious illness and end-of-life care. The cases highlight ethical dilemmas, looking at issues around futile treatment, informed decision making, ethical conflicts, palliative sedation, and confidentiality.
Managing Conflict, Finding Meaning: Supporting Families at Life's End
This Living with Grief® program addresses methods, strategies and practices that can be used to provide psycho-social and other support to terminally ill patients, their families and close networks as they cope with impending death. Particular emphasis is placed on how to manage sources of conflict that often emerge near life’s end, as well as how to help individuals and families find meaning at life’s end. Expert panelists: Kenneth Doka, PhD, MDiv Betty Kramer, PhD, MSSW Betty Ferrell, PhD, MA, FAAN, FPCN On Demand or DVD: to registered individuals for 1 year after purchase Length: approximately 2 hours CE credits are not available for this program
Supporting Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Through Serious Illness, Grief, and Loss
In the program, Supporting Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities through Illness, Grief, and Death, experts discuss in a four segment panel the topics of supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities through life-ending illness as well as grief and loss.
#grief: Social Media and Mourning - Self Study
Starting from $25.95
Adolescents and young adults are using social media to explore and to cope with grief. This webinar reviews the strengths and limitations of social media – offering sage advice to counselors on ways to monitor and utilize social media with their clients. Expert Panelists: Kelly Rossetto, PhD, Boise State University and Michelle Post, MA, LMFT, CTBS, Manager of Donor Family Aftercare, OneLegacy
Aging America - Self Study
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Attachment Theory and Grief Support - Self Study
Before and After the Death
Starting from $12.48
Living with Grief®: Before and After the Death (DVD) features a panel discussion exploring the most current theoretical perspectives on loss and grief as experienced by persons throughout a life-limiting illness and by survivors after the death. The companion book (ISBN: 978-1-893349-08-7) explores similar topics, with a special emphasis on anticipatory grief and mourning, professional self-care, DSM-V classification, disenfranchise grief, and other insights into the field of grief and bereavement.
Best Practices in Counseling Survivors of Sudden and Traumatic Loss - Self Study
This webinar describes the phenomenon of traumatic bereavement, which is created in the aftermath of sudden and traumatic loss. It presents some of the significant empirical research documenting its worrisome sequelae, identifies the types of death giving rise to it, explores the dynamics that create challenges and complications for the mourner, and discusses interventions that effectively assist the survivor. The focus in this webinar is on conceptual mastery and practical intervention. View full program information sheet. Expert Panelists: Therese A. Rando, PhD, BCETS, BCBT
Children and Adolescents
Starting from $17.48
Living with Grief®: Children and Adolescents (DVD) features a panel discussion on the ways children and adolescents grieve and how to help them. The teleconference features voices and stories of children and adolescents as well as an expert panel of clinicians and practitioners. The companion book (ISBN: 978-1-893349-09-5) by the same title is written by experts and examines child and adolescent grief in a variety of situations. This book includes chapters on parent loss, sibling loss, loss of a friend, play therapy, protocol for schools, and recommendations for grieving adolescents.
Clergy to Clergy
Starting from $29.99
The 6 disk audio series program features prominent experts: Rev. Anita L. Bradshaw is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and formerly the Director of Supervised Ministries at Yale University Divinity School. Rev. Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, is an ordained Lutheran minister and professor of gerontology at the College of New Rochelle. Rabbi Earl A. Grollman, DD, is a noted author and lecturer in the fields of death education and crisis intervention. Rev. Paul Irion is an ordained minister of the United Church of Christ, a retired professor, and the founding president of Hospice of Lancaster County. Dr. Therese A. Rando, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, and the founder and clinical director of the Institute for the Study and Treatment of Loss.
Creative and Therapeutic Rituals
Starting from $10
This program explores the use of ritual in assisting individuals who are grieving a loss. These rituals can include funeral and memorial services, group rituals, and individual therapeutic rituals. The webinar begins with a discussion delineating the therapeutic value of ritual. Expert Panelists: Kenneth Doka, PhD, MDiv, Pamela Gabbay, MA, FT On Demand: For 1 year after purchase Length: 90 minutes CE credits are not available for this program.
Cultural and Spiritual Competency in End-of-Life Care
Starting from $46
Expert Panelists: Nora Luna, MEd, Kristopher Halsey, DDiv, PhD; moderated by The Rev. Paul A. Metzler, DMin
Dignity Therapy - Self Study
This program discusses Dignity Therapy, a brief, individualized psychotherapy designed to address the emotional needs of adults who are receiving hospice or palliative care. During Dignity Therapy, clinicians complete a personal interview with their patients, allowing them to discuss their most important memories, accomplishments, and life roles, as well as any lessons learned in life, and hopes or dreams they may have for their loved ones in the future. View the full program information sheet.
Starting from $9.95
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